To table metcalf motion to reconsider the vote by which the hughes amendment to S. 3246 was adopted. The hughes amendment limits attorney general's authority f

On Jan 27, 1970, the Senate voted 38–46 (S 3246). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 38–18, Republicans 6–31. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 members voted against their own party.

During the 91st Congress (1969–1970), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 38
No: 46
Did not vote: 9
Date: Jan 27, 1970

By party

Democrats38 yes · 18 no · 2 didn’t vote
Republicans6 yes · 31 no · 7 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted yes
Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted no
Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted no
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY voted yes
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted no
Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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